The Community Foundation of the New River Valley Annual Report 2024-2025

Plummer Family Scholarship Fund Provides scholarships to graduating high school students from Grayson County High School and Galax City High School with financial need, a minimum grade point average of 3.0 to 4.0, and good moral character. Ray E. & Mary B. Epperly Family Fund Provides scholarships for students of Eastern Montgomery High School with average grades. Raymond M. & Edith H. Ingram Scholarship Fund Provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Giles County High School and Narrows High School. Scholarship recipients shall demonstrate good moral character with demonstrated ability and desire to further their education. Preference is given to students with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairment. RBN Inc. Appreciation Scholarship Fund Provides scholarships to students who are immigrants to the United States or are the children or grandchildren of immigrants, provided

37 THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS that such children or grandchildren are born after 1950. Scholarship recipients may attend any two- or four-year college, university, trade, or technical school. Preference shall be given to applicants from the following counties and cities in the following order of priority: Grayson County, City of Galax, Floyd County, Craig County, Patrick County, Montgomery County (Auburn High School students only), Carroll County, and the City of Radford. Selection criteria for scholarship recipients shall include evidence of a strong work ethic and demonstrated financial need. Simón-Flora-Grohs Scholarship Fund Provides scholarships to students in the New River Valley to pursue a post-secondary degree at any two or four-year college, university, trade, or technical school. Scholarship selection criteria include a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Preference is given to students from disadvantaged and/or minority populations, and students with disabilities regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual or gender identity, or immigration status. Preference is also given to students from Pulaski County. Documented financial need and service in the community are preferred but not required to receive a scholarship.

Celebrating at the 2025 scholarship luncheon.